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Say Cheese! A visit to Alkmaar Cheese Market

by Dana Marin | May 11, 2024 | All Photos, The Netherlands | 0

Say cheese, say Alkmaar! – words you can see on the pavement on small triangles resembling a...

A Lovely Day Trip: Gouda, the City of Cheese

by Dana Marin | Apr 6, 2022 | All Photos, City Guides, The Netherlands | 0

This article is part of “Discover the Netherlands” project. You can read all the articles...

Charming Dutch villages: Volendam

by Dana Marin | Jan 21, 2022 | All Photos, City Guides, The Netherlands | 0

A 30 minutes bus ride from Amsterdam Centraal will take you to this old fishing village on...

Dutch beauty

by Dana Marin | Jan 22, 2017 | All Photos, People and Stories | 0

One of the main attractions at the Cheese Market in Alkmaar are the people: dressed up in traditional clothes, they run around showing off the big cheese wheels, selling promotional packages or just being there for the amazed...

Day trip from Amsterdam: Alkmaar, the city of cheese

by Dana Marin | Oct 19, 2016 | All Photos, The Netherlands | 0

Alkmaar is a lovely city situated north-west from Amsterdam. You can go there for the Cheese...

Meet the Windmills – at Zaanse Schans

by Dana Marin | Oct 4, 2016 | All Photos, The Netherlands | 2

One of the iconic images of the Netherlands is the windmill. There is something infinitely romantic about the image of a windmill, sails spinning in the wind, in the middle of the vast Dutch plain. There are still quite a...

Alkmaar Cheese Market

by Dana Marin | Jun 16, 2016 | All Photos, The Netherlands | 1

The Dutch know their cheese: they make delicious cheeses in quite a few varieties and I love them for that! This is a rich tradition in the Netherlands and there are a few traditional cheese markets where the product is...

Saturday morning walk

by Dana Marin | Mar 5, 2016 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

This is how I like to start my weekends: sunny weather and a trip to the Noordermarkt, to buy fresh, tasty food! Happy Saturday everyone! 🙂 You can follow Amsterdamian on Instagram and Facebook for daily stories about life in...

Vegan eating in Amsterdam: Vegabond

by Dana Marin | Aug 19, 2015 | All Photos, Lifestyle | 0

Update 2025: This place is permanently closed now. Vegabond is a great place for vegans, vegetarians and anyone in the mood for a healthy lunch, snack, or juice. It’s a small, cosy café, also with a deli. They sell all...